This is the class blog site for Digital Photo,Game Design, and Animation classes at Shorecrest High School.
Each day the site will be updated with assignment information, trivia questions, interesting web links, and dicussion questions. Please bookmark this site as your home page.

Your assignment is to shoot the equivalent of a full roll (24 pics) of
pictures capturing people you don't know in a
candid shot.For each picture you should emphasize a specific composition element other than rule of thirds.If you need a refresher on composition elements they can be reviewed at:

These
include, but are not limited to: frame within a frame, leading lines,
color contrast, movement and meaning, multiple levels of meaning,
leading the subject, and using light to highlight or enhance a certain
section of your picture. Move the camera around. Shoot high and low angles.

For this assignment I want you to get as
far away from Shorecrest as possible. Seattle is a great place to
shoot "random" people, but Lake Forest Park could be just as effective. Make sure you ask permission to take pictures (especially if you are taking pictures of kids).

Unintentional
out-of-focus pictures will not be accepted. If you would like to try a
some selective focus shots please tell me before you go out shooting and I can lend you a long lens.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Steps for B-Movie Poster1. Brainstorm and sketch ideas on paper. 2.
Spend time to get any background/landscape pictures that you need. Pick
a place that you could potentially have monsters climb
on/destroy/reappear from/or live. Your poster must have at least one
digital image taken with a camera.3. Import your background photos to your computer.4. Create a new document in Photoshop at 8*10 inches with 200 resolution.5. Add background photo to new document. 6.
Manipulate photos to work within your poster. Use free transform to
adjust sizes. Hold down the shift key to constrain proportions. Don't
forget you need victims and a monster.7. Pick a text to create that is appropriate for
your poster. Text with blood, fire, or multiple colors also seem to work
best. You will make text for your movie name as well as tag-lines and
movie stars. The text should go well together.8. Once you have completed all of your poster you will need to merge layers and convert your picture to grayscale.9. You will now paint your picture at approximately 23%-30% opacity. Pick colors that stand out.Grading will be based on the following:Creative movie titleCreative use of text effects for title and tag linesInteresting/scary monster or villianUse of digital imageColor CoordinationRealism of poster (does it look like something we would see in a theater)Logo includedMovie details included in small print (directed by,starring, rating etc.)

Edit Your Shoreline Magazine Pictures

Today you will edit 10 of your landscape pictures in the following manner:

One Selective Focus

One One Item Kept in Color with the History Brush

One Vivid Color or High Saturation

Two Black and White/Grayscale

Two Vignette Style

Three of your choice

Please create a Contact Sheet with all 10 pictures named Shoreline
Adjusted and turn it in to the Classes/Period 1 folder on the server. Please make sure the picture adjustment name is saved under each picture in the contact sheet.

Please place your 6 best pictures in a folder. Yes, these are separate, full-size jpeg pictures. These pictures should be distinctly different in style, subject, and composition.Turn in a Best Picture for Printing.

Homework:

Take (literally) a few hundred pictures in the city of your choice.

Sell me this city via your pictures. Make me move there! Please try to get to six or seven locations within this city.

Shoot landscape, portrait, action, macro, candid, and abstract shots.

You must shoot at least once at Sunset or Sunrise

Shoreline and Lake Forest Park are not options for this assignment.

You will turn in at least three contact sheets when you return from break.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Spend 45 minutes to read the following articles and watch the videos below. Take short notes on each suggestion. A few of the readings/videos repeat the same points. Also, make sure you look up the vocabulary words below so that you can understand the material. Please add these terms to your notes as well.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Next, grab your camera and go out and shoot two interesting pictures each for color balance and balance mass.
You will have 25 minutes to do this.
At the end of the period turn in your new Contact Sheet called "Pick 2."

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

1. Import your pictures using Image Capture2. Create a folder on your computer.3. Drag the pictures you want to use in this Contact Sheet into this new folder.4. Open Adobe Bridge CS55. On left hand side find your folder and select it.

6. Select the files down below so that they show up in the Preview section. You can select the pictures via lasso, shift key, or command key.

7. On the right hand side select Output. Make sure .pdf is selected. Columns and rows will vary.

You work for Shoreline Magazine. Your job as the Photojournalist for Shoreline Magazine is to take pictures that will encourage people to visit or move to Shoreline. In other words, you need to take pictures of everything Shoreline (including Lake Forest Park) has to offer.

Take (literally) a few hundred pictures in Shoreline.

Please try to get to seven or eight locations.

Shoot landscape, portrait, action, macro, and abstract shots.

Shoot as far east as Lake Washington and as far west as Richmond Beach.

Don't forget about all the parks, trails, streams, (limited) nightlife, and even some of the stores.

Friday is an all-day shooting day. Go to your location at 7:45. Make sure you have a ride. Email me a picture when you arrive at your destination.
Return at 9:25.
Create a Contact Sheet in Adobe Bridge called 1_Naming Convention_Shoreline_CS_1

Homework:
Continue shooting. A new Contact Sheet is due Monday morning.

Friday, February 01, 2013

Digital Photo: Composition Reading and Homework

This is not a writing intensive course, but there is some reading the first couple weeks of class.
Please
take notes on the bold faced words as you read from the links below.
You will be shooting the various composition elements this week and over the weekend. We will also have a quiz on this material as well.
Bring your own cameras on Friday.Wednesday's Reading and Homework:

This Friday during class you will shoot 24-36 pictures with at least six different subjects. Please shoot three Rule of Thirds shots, three Unique Angle shots, three leading lines shots and three frame within a frame (using other objects to frame your subject) shots.

Homework: Do the same assignment except use subjects and objects away from school.

Due Monday the 11th of February: 12 INTERESTING shots using all four
techniques described above. Some people will take 40-80 pictures for 12
good ones.

Digital Photo 2 Composition Review and Pick 6 Assignment

Your assignment today is to shoot six
compositions from the list below. If you have an SLR camera, please shoot these with the camera in
MANUAL mode, adjusting both the F-stop and Shutter Speed each time (you can review shutter and aperture down below if necessary).

I recommend shooting at least four or five attempts for each composition.